Kalle Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 What's everyones opinions on Electric Light Orchestra and Jeff Lynne? Favourite songs? Favourite album? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You don't want to listen to that stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 i like his Wilburys stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 i like his Wilburys stuffLet's be friends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 You don't want to listen to that stuff. Why aman? Some of their stuff is pure pop genius, Mr. Blue Sky, Do Ya, Evil Woman etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
david Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You don't want to listen to that stuff. Especially anything he produced for Tom Petty, and I am a big fan of TP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I also like the last George Harrison album that he produced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willywoody Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 jeff lynne (?sp) ruined about everything he touched after the 80's. but, his 70's work is some of the best pop rock ever. i like "do ya" as a favorite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Why aman? Some of their stuff is pure pop genius, Mr. Blue Sky, Do Ya, Evil Woman etc. I began my teenage years in 1978/79 - I could never get into ELO, Kansas, Styx, etc. - just never could. I thought you were looking for recommendations - my bad. I like some songs of The Move. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ction Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 "Sweet Talkin' Woman" is a good song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 You don't want to listen to that stuff.ditto heard too much of it at age 10 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I love early ELO, great records. A New World RecordFace The MusicEldoradoOut Of Th Blue I do agree about Lynne and his producing, not my fav. oh, and YOU DO wanna hear this music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 ditto heard too much of it at age 10I gotta agree w/ wheel & A-man here. Other than their remake of Roll over Beethoven I find it to be a little, shall we say, too 'radio friendly' for my tastes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Not a big fan of ELO but there was a tribute album put out a few years ago (early 00's I think) called Lynne Me Your Ears where Ken Coomer and some guys from the Mavericks and Cheap trick played a track or two on it. So there you go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 ...BRUCE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco LP #7 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 telephone line Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moxiebean Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Face the MusicA New World RecordOut of the Blue When I was 12, ELO was the first band I was into - I heard Mr Blue Sky on the radio, bought the single, then bought Out of the Blue. Then bought A New World Record, Face the Music, Eldorado, and Discovery when it came out a few years later. I even paid money for the Xanadu soundtrack. I then discovered the Ramones and punk rock (I was always late to the party) & my ELO collection gathered dust for years. I used to think of ELO's music as a guilty pleasure - sure most of the lyrics are trite and the faux orchestra/opera elements get a bit heavy-handed at times (hey, it was the 70's) but at it's best (Mr Blue Sky, side one of Out of the Blue, Livin' Thing) it's some of the best pop music ever produced. And Fire on High is a great song to air-drum to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I like most of the stuff he did for Tom Petty, but the problem is all his production / drums sound the same, no matter who he was working with. Like the stuff he did on the Beatles single, Free As a Bird, or whatever it was called, that made it sound like "Jeff Lynne Productions"... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied lightning Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Petty & Harrison loved him still waiting for Lynne to produce Bob Dylan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Petty & Harrison loved him still waiting for Lynne to produce Bob Dylan *shudders* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I may be in the minority here but I kind of liked the 80's ELO album Balance of Power. It had two great pop tunes in "Calling America" and "So Serious." I can't remember the album but I like the tune "Twilight" and the robot voiced intro. Yes, the production is somewhat over the top and cheesy but I love that stuff sometimes. Jeff Lynne's only solo record, "Armchair Theatre" is pretty good. I remember reading at the time that he wanted to move away from tracking 88 piano tracks and just get down to a simpler production. For him, "Armchair Theatre" was pretty bare bones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 how did xanadu not win an oscar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I heard a really good cover of, "Telephone Line", in an alley last night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I heard a really good cover of, "Telephone Line", in an alley last night.As part of the Ed Burch event? Ed is a big ELO fan. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 As part of the Ed Burch event? Ed is a big ELO fan. LouieB yup. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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